Laundry truck



G. C. THUESEN AND E. C. STRICKLAND.

LAUNDRY TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAII- I9, I921- ,1 PdtentedJune 27,1922

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' a. c. THUESEN AND E. c. STRICKLAND.

AR 19, 1921. I 1,421, 1 10. Patented June 27,1922.

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G. c. THUESEN AND E. CQSTRI'CKLANDQ LAUNDRY TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 19, 1921.

1 42151 10'. Patented June 27, 1922..

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Application filed ltarch 19, 1921a Serial 4533860} 1 4111 11371077? itmay concern:

ticle of manufacture comprising a vertically disposed cylinder havingsector compartments therein closed by acoverhaving an;'

- opening arranged to fully open only one-of said compartments at onetime.

The present; state of the art discloses rec tangula-r trucks employedinlanndries? and provided with a plurality of compartments to receiveindividuallaundry collections; from a washer machine; or wheel also hawing compartments within which individuah laundry collections; arewashed;

In removing the individual collectiol'i from one of the washercompartments to; the truck; compartment'it isa-wkwa-rd'and inconvenient,and much energy and time is#' wasted in manipulatingthe rectangulartruck tobring the same to a proper position to transfer laundryto anempty compartment.

We intend to overcome the disadvantages of the rectangular truck; byroviding a- Ver tically disposed cylindrical truck, which;

owing to its circular shape, may be easily and readily rolled along theedge of the: washing machine; thereby successively p'r'esentingsuccessive compartments to the side of the washing machine, whereby theproc-t 1 ess of transferring laundry from a compart-' mentof saidwashing machine; toa compartment of the truck may be facilitated.

A; further object of: the present invention is toprovide a suitablecover which may be easily rotated, instead of raised on hinges;

and having a single opening therein arranged to register with andthereby uncover only one of the truck compartments at one time, inorderto prevent confusion and mix-r ing OfindividuaI laundry collections;

A s tillhful-tther object of: the, invention is to provide adrainWhereby surplus water may be, drainedfronr the laundry withinthecompartments thereby facilitating the drying process of said laundrywithin said compartments. e

A still fiurt-henflbjgect. is: to provide a rotatable cover of thecharacter described that will ri ideuponi a circular head to reducefrictional engagement of said cover during rotation; and to preventfrictional contact of said. cover with the upper ends? of verticallydisposed part;i tionswhich divide the; truck intoi sector compartments.e

We accomplish these and other objects by 'means; Of the improved;article of menufactn-re disclosed in the drawings forming. a part of thepresent specification whereinlike characters of; reference are used todesigna te similar parts throughout the said specification and drawings:and inwhich-- Fig l; is a; perspective; view 0% our improved laundrytruck;

*Fig; 2 is a; plan? view thereof with the 0m remnveklli Figs 3; is-a:broken vertical; sectional view oi the truckdisclosing the manner inwhich thQ QQVIEzis: mounted and the drain at the 6 2mm QfiiSQ- dttflldfi alld 'Eig} 4+ s abattoir-r plan view of the trucln Referring?liQut ll? drawings the' numeral 1 is used: to' designate a verticallydisposed cylinderving a: frustoeconica'l bottom 2 providedwi a:centrally disposed aperture covered withaar suitable screen 3.

fEhe; truck is lnovably supported by means of aaangnanname 4 having asuitable caster 5 pivotal-lymounted: at each' cornerthereof, said frame45 beingriveted or other-" wise suitably secured to the bottom 2 of saidtruck or cylinderla- The truck-'01 cylinder. 1 is provided with aplurality of sector compartments 6' communicatingwith the screenedaperture 3 in the bottom 2-,;by means of: radially disposed verticalpartitidnsi '3' arranged. preferably at right an les to each other asdisclosed in Fig. 2 0 the drawings:

A cover 8" is rotatably mounted upon a suitable stud or pivot 9 arrangedat the junction of the; partitions 7 and is provided with an aperture orsector opening 10 arranged to fully uncover only one of the sectorcompartments 6 at one-time. is The perriphery of the cover 8 rests andrides upon a bead 11 which is suitably secured to the inner surface ofthe cylinder 1 and projecting slightly above the upper ends ofthepartitions 7, thereby preventing frictional engagement of said cover8 with said parti: tions during rotation of the same. i 1

The cover 8 is provided with a suitable knob or handle '12 by means ofwhich said cover may be easily and readily rotated The cylinder 1 isreinforced by means of suitable circumferential bands arranged atregular intervals on the outer surface of said cylinder, thus tending toretain the shape of the truck and to prevent-violent contact of the.outer walls of said cylinder 1 with obstructions or projections whichmight be encountered during movement of said truck.

In operation the trunk is moved adj acen the washing machine, not shown,and the laundry from one compartment" of said machine is transferred toone of the compartments 6 of the truck or cylinder 1. After the entirecontents of one washer compart' ment has been thus transferred, thetruck or cylinder 1 is rolled along the edgeof the washer to present thenext or successive empty compartment "6 of said I truck to the nextcompartment of the washer to be emptied, the cover 8 having beenmeanwhile rotated, by means of'jthe' handle 12, to uncover the nextcompartment 6 to receive the next collection of laundry.

During'this operation, laundry within the compartments will be drainedthrough'the screened aperture 3 in the bottom 2 of the cylinder 1, andas said screened aperture communicates with all of said compartments 6it is obvious that the laundry within all of the compartments 6 will beeffectively drained during transportation of the truck to the nextsuccessive stage in the process.

It is obvious from the foregoing that we have provided a new article ofmanufacture comprising a vertically disposed cylindrical truck having aplurality of compartments arranged to receive individual laundrycollections and a rotatable cover arranged to open only one of saidcompartments at one time. I

This latter feature of the cover is important and essential in work ofthis type as it is evident that were all of the compartments uncoveredan operator might easily become confused and place some of'the articlesof the laundry within the wrong compartment.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A new article of manufacture compristions; and a coverrotatably'n'iounted upon the partitions and havin the periphery thereofresting upon said bead, said cover being provided with an aperturearranged to fully uncover only one of said compartments at one time.

2. A new article of manufacture comprising a cylindrical laundry truck;vertically disposed partitions mounted within the truck to provide aplurality of compartments therein; a bead mounted within the truck andhaving its upper edge projecting slightly above the upper edges of thepartitions; a cover rotatably mounted upon the partitions and having theperiphery thereof resting upon said head, said cover being pro- -videdwith'an aperture arranged to fully uncover only one of said compartmentsat I one time; and circumferential bands mounted at regular intervalsupon the outer surface of the truck to reinforce the same.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising a vertically disposedcylinder having an apertured frusto-conical bottom to facilitatedraining of laundry in said cylinder; radially disposed verticalpartitions within the cylinder arranged to provide sector compartmentscommunicating with the aperture in said bottom to drain said sectorcompartments; and a cover rotatably mounted over the compartments andhaving an opening therein arranged to register with only one of saidcompartments at one time; and a suitable screen mounted over saidaperture.

4. A new article of manufacture comprising a vertically disposedcylinder having radially disposed vertical partitions therein; atriangular supporting frame secured upon the bottom of the cylinder; anda caster mounted at each corner of the triangular frame to form a threepoint rolling support whereby said cylinder may be moved as and for thepurposes described.

5. A new article of'manufacture comprising a vertically disposedcylinder having radially disposed partitions forming compartmentstherein; supporting members secured in triangular form upon the bottomof the cylinder; casters mounted upon the bottom of the cylinder at thepoints of intersection of said supporting members to form a three pointrolling support whereby the cylinder may be readily moved; and arotatable cover having an opening therein arranged to register with anyof the compartments of the cylinder.

6. A new article of manufacture comprising a vertically disposedcylinder having an apertured frusto-conical bottom; a screen coveringthe aperture in said bottom; a plurality of vertical partitions mountedwithin the cylinder to form compartments therein; supporting memberssecured in triangular form upon the bottom of the cylinder; castersmounted at the intersection of said supporting members to form a threepoint rollscribed.

In Witness whereof we hereunto set our signatures.

GODFRED C. THUESEN. ERVE O. STRICKLAND.

